Why Zhao Guangfu matters
Zhao Guangfu is not, on the current record, a figure with a documented exhibition history, gallery representation, or museum presence. He appears in the public art market almost entirely through a single third-party database listing and one recorded auction sale. His page exists here as an honest, sourced record of what can and cannot be confirmed about a name that surfaces in the secondary Asian art market, not as a case study in a well-documented career.
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Media
- Painting
By the numbers
- USD 405,675Auction high"Horses," Poly International Auction Co., 2017
Biography
The only accessible profile of Zhao Guangfu, maintained by the auction aggregator MutualArt, describes him as a Chinese artist working in the antiquities category and tentatively associates him with the 10th century. No museum catalogue, scholarly biography, obituary, or gallery statement corroborates a birth year, death year, birthplace, education, or current representation, so those fields are left blank here rather than estimated.
The name is commonly confused with the Yuan dynasty painter Zhao Mengfu (1254 to 1322), a far better documented figure whose extensive auction and museum record belongs to a different person. This profile is anchored specifically to the MutualArt auction market listing for Zhao Guangfu and should not be conflated with Zhao Mengfu. Documentation is thin enough that his life dates cannot be fixed precisely, but the only available market source places him in the 10th to 11th century, and no evidence of any contemporary activity, representation, or exhibitions was found, so he is treated here as a historical, non-living figure.
Critical reception
No exhibition reviews, scholarly essays, or named critical commentary about Zhao Guangfu could be located in major art press or museum publications. This section cannot cite critical reception until such sources surface.
Market
The only auction result located for Zhao Guangfu is a work titled "Horses," which sold for USD 405,675 at Poly International Auction Co. in 2017, according to MutualArt's market summary. The exact sale date, sale location, medium, dimensions, and the price in its original sale currency are not published in that source. No later or higher sale for this name has been located as of the data date on this page.
Top auction results
| Work | Price | Sale |
|---|---|---|
| Horses (2017) | USD 405,675 | Poly International Auction Co. |
What collectors should know
The public record for Zhao Guangfu is unusually thin, limited to one market database entry and one auction result. Collectors encountering a work offered under this name should independently verify identity, provenance, and condition directly with the selling auction house, since there is no catalogue raisonne, gallery, foundation, or museum collection available to cross-check attribution against.
Further reading and resources
Data current as of 2026-07-11.
